Migration to mac from linux

I've been a linux user since 1998. I think I'm done. Weighing all the options I really think I'm headed for a Mac Mini. I'm waiting for the Haswell refresh and I have a friend who works for Apple who is going to help me out with the Friends and Family purchase. I'm 61, retired from a university IT position (large servers and network iron)
I have an external hard drive in an enclosure that is currently eSATA, but can be USB. So I don't think connectivity will be an issue. This drive just has backups of photos, documents, music, etc. It is formatted as ext4 file system. I have a 382gig partition on the drive that I can reformat so I'd like to do this such that the mac mini will be able to read it without me having to install extensions and stuff.
I'm trying to prepare so I can just enjoy the experience of being a new mac owner (took me a while, huh?) without getting frustrated at not being able to access my old files.
What will be the best way to approach this?
Thanks

Given that OS X is based on a BSD Unix kernel most of the command line functionality that baffles most OS X users will be old hat to you. Your biggest learning curve will be the OS X GUI and where Apple has hidden all the various settings and GUI command functions. You are choosing to make this transition at a time when many of us are eagerly awaiting the release of Maverick (OS X 10.9) so experienced OS X users will be going through our own learning curve to adapt to the ugraded OS as well. 
Macs use a disk format called Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and a GUID partition scheme for bootable drives. Much of the higher level search and file management capability of OS X is built into the Mac OS Extended volume structure and that will be an even bigger factor in Maverick. Macs can also read and write FAT32 volumes and can Read NTFS but not write without third party extensions.
One "gotcha" for old Unix hands is by default OS X file names are NOT case sensitive. Mac OS Extended (journaled) can be formatted to be case sensitive, but it is not reocommended if for no other reason than too many Mac software developers often assume case insensitive file names and are careless about the use of capitalization. That can cause interesting troubleshooting problems.
By-the-way, welcome to the world of Mac. I made the transition back in the mid '70s and I think you will like Macs. Certainly I do.

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